Not to get down on a bunch of kids, but check out the string parts in this video of a child mariachi ensemble currently making the Web rounds, and tell me this isn't custom-made for some kind of Shining-esque psychological thriller. Or maybe a Radiohead album. And then there's a trumpet! All it's missing is Shia LaBeouf behind the camera. Rock out, freak out and read on for more Buzz Break.
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· Better late than never: At age 74, Dustin Hoffman is set to make his directorial debut with the film Quartet, starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, and other UK acting powerhouses in the tale of a retired opera singers' home turned upside-down by old rivalries and traditions. [THR]
· I don't know how anyone can think The Damned United isn't the best soccer film ever made, but there you have it. See where your favorite sports flicks fall in The Sports-Movie Hall of Fame. [Nerve]
· It's that time again! Vote early and vote often for Hollywood's least-liked executives in the 2011 Brown List sweepstakes. [Hollywood Temp Diaries]
· Congratulations to romance novelist Susan Andersen and her editor on the awesomest... typo... ever: "I apologise to anyone who bought my on-sale ebook of Baby, I'm Yours and read on pg 293: 'He stiffened for a moment but then she felt his muscles loosen as he shitted on the ground.' Shifted - he SHIFTED!" [The Guardian via The Awl]